Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs' Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk

Periodic Labs co-founders Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk explain "synthesis superintelligence" — reinforcement learning grounded in physical experiments rather than internet data. The lab aims to build AI scientists that discover new materials, giving every lab instrument "140 IQ" and compressing decades of trial-and-error into months.